Partisan election laws have no place in Iowa

4:20 PM,
Nov. 9, 2013

Bran Anderson

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Brad Anderson
Guest Opinion

Secretary of State Matt Schultz recently wrote a column in the Press-Citizen defending his Voter ID bill but left out some key points because he knows they hurt his cause. Iowans take their right to vote seriously, and they deserve to know the full implications of Schultz's Voter ID bill and have a clear understanding of both sides of this important voting rights debate before casting their vote for secretary of state next year.

? First, in his column Schultz failed to detail, or even address, Voter ID's cost to taxpayers. In North Carolina, for example, Voter ID will cost taxpayers $3.6 million ...